The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 2, 1941, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen ‘rom Corner Greene Only Dally Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County vared at Key West, Plorida, r of the Associated Press Press is -exelugively- entitled to use ion of all news dispatches credited to | © not othe eredited In this paper and also al news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES $10.00 5.00 Months Month ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application, SP TAL NOTICE notices, ¢ e., will be charged for at nts a like. is an open forum and invites dis issues and subjects of local or g ived are 5 ce »nymous communi- IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED°BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. More Hotels and Apartments, Beac and Bathing Pavilion. nd and Sea. of County and City Gov- Li Consolidation crnments, A Modern City Hospital. | Almost anybody can get a free job for the public good in any community. Only a parrot is valued for how it talks rather than for what it says, The government’s loyal opposition must remain loyal to its own cause. An optimist is a man who expects to fiad a clean pair of socks without holes. No, matter what kind of organization you can think of, somebody will join %. We don’t need war for Ameriea—not as long as we have the automobile with us. The advice to believe only half of what | you hear doesn’t necessarily mean the worst half. Gentle hint: Collections keep busi- nese going and we would certainly like to go on. The business of The Citizen is to print the news; it has no responsibility fer what occurs. The successful think cleyerer than others; they who fail, unfortunate. more reitl aliw Neyer go ona bond unless you ayé: ready to pay the costs, been stung—not recently No, we haveat't “Sweet are the us of adversity,”’ per- haps, but one soon gets fed up on that par- | ticular brand of sweetness. Always remember that your opinions are-important to you, but never forget they mean little to other people. the Italian army is no bet- s in the last war, despite the aggadocio of Il Duce. looks as i Ss about man an easily persuade him to un- anything that is not for his strange th ry about the | possibility of 5,000 Americans » highways of the nation dur- ; more than 36 Monroe not to tomobile driver in make a resolution take ghways and to drive care- chich abound in profusion unding Key West, . ho gill d t water nave no skelet Th on, and no heart When res you will readily agree they have no heart stung by creat econd class’ matter | of thanks, resolutions of | themselves | CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THE JARS? 0° | | Kilhd Aut Japanese statesmen insist that the peo- ple of the United States do not understand the motives of Japan. They declare that Japan is working for peace, even when she uses the bayonet, and that the new order | will be a regime of benefit to the entire world. In his first conference with the rep- resentatives of foreign newspapers, For- eign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka answered | Asked to explain Japan’s ulti- | questions. Q mate aim in the South Seas, he replied that it was to “establish a sound understanding so that we can trade and carry on peaceful | development.” This, of course, represents so much nonsense. There were no barriers to Jap- anese trade in the South Seas, before the at- ack on China, except those that likewise applied to all nations. The Chinese, it is | true, were attempting to develop nationally, rights in China that belonged to other nations. If the United States sent warships to Singapore, it “would become the subject of very serious consideration,” declared Mat- suoka, pronouncing it “a very dangerous problem.” He said Japan confined herself to “this part of the world and did “not pass | judgment upon what the United States does in the West.” In other words, Japan gives us a free hand in the West and asks a free | hond in the Far East. “| To superficial minds tnis seems like | an even proposition but there is a vast dif- | ference between the treatmnt that the | United States accords the nighboring re- | publics of the Western Hemisphere and the policy of conquest that Japan applies in the Far East. In this hemisphere the United States does not attempt to prevent the smaller republics from trading with other nations, including Japan, but many experts assért that the Japanese purpose in China is to exclude the commerce of other nations. Asked about the status quo in the Far | Bast, the Japanese cabinet official said that Japan had no_ intention of preventing | changes “but she has no territorial ambi- tions” being against “conquest, oppression and exploitation.” Greater East Asia, in his opinion, Thanland (Siam) and-Burma | and goes as far as New Caledonia but ex- | cludes Australia and New Zealand. Again and again he reiterates ‘‘we are | against conquest,” but when asked what | Japan is doing in China, ke says that he has | made up his mind “not to talk about what | we are doing but to go our own way,” ad- mitting that “it may take half a century, and | then the world will know how sincere we lave.’ Phrased beautifully, it seems to us, 4; Matsuoka’s idea that Japan is “travelling toward perfect equality between Japan and | China.” Discussing the possibility of war be- tween the United States and Japan, the | Foreign Minister thought there would be ro trouble if both nations mind their own | lusiness and keep their heads cool. Of | course, Japan is “in honor bound” to fight if the United States attacks Germany but, he added, only if Japan is satisfied that the United States started the trouble. | THE CONSCIENCE FUND i Ai ' In 1811 the Treasury at Washington started an account called the “conscience fund,” into which was pladed a remittance from a remorseful citizen who had evaded a federal tax. In the 129 years since the fund was started it has received nearly a million dol- lars, a considerable amount of balm for lilty consciences. A recent check came from doughboy who pilfered some dy bars from a government supply truck in France during the World War. He sent $2 to pay for the stolen sweets. The “conscience fund” would swell to enormous proportions if all Americans who have evaded their indebtedness to the Gov- ernmes.t would follow the example of those already repented of their sins gu a former chocolate who have > Sam. ear, merchandise which would e sums in customs duties is sneak- country by tourists returning home after foreign vacations, a i mal smugglers. There is widespread of many federal taxes, particularly the income tax, fer which many have been severely shec 3 well as by evasion also have who “conscience Americans poured nto the jlecided, after thinking but the Japanese had the same trading | where Japan claims special rights, included i THE KEY WEST CITIZEN w By MEDORA FIELD - YESTERDAY: Two murders have brought Sally and Bill’s houseparty te the verge of hys- terics. Lieutenant Gregory still thinks that Bill killed Aunt Mag- gie, but it looks now as if Claire, one. of their friends, has done in the second victim, glamorous Eve Benedict. Eve has just been found lyiig in her room, and she has been stabbed with a dart from the playroom downstairs. Claire was seen holding the dart after Eve’s scream had brought another guest into the room. Chapter 35 Denial indignant frown. But why couldn’t ee stopped when she said “Yes” “What do you mean, not exact- ly?” Lieutenant Gregory bore down. This time it was Kirk who broke a lance for. Claire, and I thought Lieutenant Gregory was! going to try to break him in two with his bare hands right there. But he restrained himself and in answer to Kirk’s hot-headed in- terference as to why the question should be asked, Lieutenant Greg- ory patiently reminded him that we had had two murders in less than twenty-four hours. “The si uation warrants a little discom. i E sat in a sort of frozen si-| fort for the guests, if necessary. in lence. Then Alice said. “Yes, that’s what she said, Can* you blame me for screaming when I saw Eve all covered with blood— and Claire started toward me with that horrible dart in her hand?” “I had no intention of hurting you, Alice,” said Claire, her voice edged with contempt. “I just wanted to stop your hysterics, if possible.” “But the dart,” interposed Lieu- ‘tenant Gregory. “It was lying on the floor when we came upstairs.” “Tt fell,” Alice explained. “I tried to take it away from her and it fell.” “Miss Harper,” said Lieutenant. Gregory, leaning toward Claire in that way I had learned to dread, “suppose you tell us exactly what happened from the time you first went to Mrs. Benedict’s room.” “You don’t have to go through this, Claire,” Kirk interrupted savagely. “Just refuse to answer.” Claire gave him a curious look, then her gaze shifted to Lieuten- | ant Gregory and under his prob- |ing stare her face went white and |her hands flew to her throat. |“Oh,” she gasped, “you think I | killed her. But I didn’t.” I drew a long, choking sigh of relief. In fact, there was an au- dible leven of tension in the room. It was like a scene in the theatre, actually, where everyone has been sitting on the edge of his seat and then suddenly the play is over and the lights go on and you realize it was all just | make-believe. Only, in this instance it was not a play. I may have imagined it, but it seemed to me that even Lieutenant Gregory seemed a little relieved at Claire’s horrified | denial. Certainly his voice had lost a shade of its gruffmess when he | said, “But the dart? How did you i happen to have it in your hand?” “Don’t — don’t ask me that,” Claire shuddered. “But Miss Harper, you must re- member, we are trying to clear {up a murder.” |. “I know—I know. But it is so horrible.” | “Can’t we postpone this?” Bob demanded angrily. “Miss Harper has just told you she didn’t kill Mrs. Benedict. Isn't that enough?” Claire smiled at him wanly. | “It’s all right,” she said. “I’ll try not to be so silly.” Claire’s hands | pushed—back her Titian hair; she| shut her eyes, and long dark lashes swept her cheek. Then looking up at Lieutenant Gregory in unconscious appeal, she said simply, “When thought Eve; failed to hear my knock, I pushed | open her door and went in.” Again} Claire’s hands flew to her throat.| “She wasn’t quite dead—” “Did she say. anything?” Lieu- tenant Gregory demanded, strain- ing forward. And I think we all held our breath, waiting for Claire’s answer. Slowly she shook her head. | “Not—not anything I could un- derstand. But her eyes — they seemed to be begging me to do something. I saw the dart—and the blood. I knew she wanted me ,; to—remove the. dart. At first I thought I could no bear to touch it, but I knew I must—” “She didn’t say anything?” Lieutenant Gregory asked again. Death Intervenes ‘N° she didn’t say anything. 1 H asked her who did it, I said, ‘Who, Eve, who?’ But she could not speak; and as I stood there | with the dart in my hand, there was a strange, gurgling sound in , her throat and her head slipped to one side and I knew she must be dead. “It was horrible.” Claire shud- dered. “I knew I should be sorry for anyone who was so hated that she had been murdered. But I couldn't be. Not just then, any- way. And I thought that at least she would never bother me again. That — that was when I[ said — what I did. Then I heard a sound which I thought came from the bathroom, and I was terribly frightened, for I was sure it must be the murderer. [ didn’t know what to do. Then I realized Alice was in the room and I knew I must have been mistaken about hearing anyone in the bathroom.” “Please tell us how you were standing when Miss Dunbar came in the room. Could the bath and the hall doors?” “I couldn't see either. But”—as ough she suddenly realized) r phabbled. “Perhay where his question might lead— am sure Alice came ou see both) Gregory concluded, “she eastically. Tus castically. ning again to Claire, he asked, “Miss Aver, do you mind telling us the nature of your call on Mrs. Benedict?” “Yes, I Claire admitted, “but I suppose I must. Mr. Dunbar and I” — and she paused to seek courage in a glance toward Bob—“had just an- nounced our engagement to be married. Mrs. Benedict had been —interested in Mr. Dunbar for some—” : “Mrs. Benedict is unmarried then?” “She is divorced,” Claire ex- | plained. “She disapproved of our engagement and — was most in- sulting at lunch today.” yest. “TI went to see her to tell her...” Claire’s voice trailed off into si- lence. “To tell her what?” Lieutenant Gregory barked, and I was not so certain now that he believed in Claire’s innocence. Beauty in dis- tress might sway him as any. mor- tal man, but murder was murder. And, as he had so aply expressed it, we had had two murders in less than twenty-four hours. Explanation c= gazed around the room | helplessly and her face, which had been so white, was now dyed crimson, “I wanted to tell Eve”— her voice sank to a throaty whis- per—“to keep hands off.” “And what did she say?” “Don’t answer that, Claire,” Kirk cried out quickly. Claire gave him a little smile of gratitude, while Lieutenant Gregory turned on him furiously. “Mr. Pierce, I must ask you to keep out’of’this or I shall have to place you; under arrest.” “But, Officer,” Mr. Marshall in- terposed reasonably, “Miss Har- per has her ‘legal rights. Without advice of counsel, she is not com- pelled to answer questions which afterward might be used against “It’s all right,” said Claire weakly. “I’ve already told you what happened. I knocked on the door, then called out to ask if I might come in. When | got no an- swer I opened the door, thinkin Eve was in the bathroom. Ant there she was.” Claire shut her eyes again and the long dark lashes lay quivering on her cheeks. “What I meant to do when I removed the dart and saw that she was dead was to go down- stairs and tell somebody—” “But you did not?” “No, I've told you, Alice came in and—got excited.” “When you asked Mrs. Benedict who had stabbed her, why did you think she had been murder- ed? Why didn’t you think of sui- cide?” Claire’s eyes widened and she shook her head. “It just wouldn't occur to anyone who knew her,” she said. “Explain that remark, please.” “But—but—” “Lieutenant,” asked Bill, and Lieutenant Gregory turned to- ward him impatiently, “may I speak for Miss Harper? What she means is that Mrs. Benedict was not very popular. She had an une fortunate gift for sarcasm and eh equally unfortunate desire to put people in their places: I think she rather enjoyed stirring up trouble at times.” “She had a knack for making enemies?” the officer ted. ee like it,” Bill ee “But she wasn’t like that all the time,” I somehow felt called upon to say, I suppose in justice to the | déad. “Sometimes she could be lite generous and agreeable. I think” <T floundered—“that per- haps she had an inferiority com- =F She seemed to want things lust because someone else wanted — a show that she could ve them, I suppose.’ I happened to glance at Mr. Dodson, who had spoken no word since the questioning —— He was nodding his head. rather think Mrs. Stuart is right,” he said. “But,” Bill went on, “naturally when she went around stepping | on people’s toes, they were not going to sit down and try to fig- ure all this out and feel sorry for n “And this. time,” Lieutenant s too hard om somebody's toes! “Oh, I don’t know about that,” it was just an accumulation of things. Per! it was suicide. Or maybe she knew the hall. That door was — was! too much. She told me this morn- much nearer. Besides, it was open jy, when I turned around Alice, and I had pushed it shut before I saw Eve on the chaise call on Mrs. Benedict?” “I just wanted to speak to her.” “You were ed dropping in for a little—social chat?” “Yes—no—that is, not I dug my nails into Bill's hand until he winced and gave me an ica was built by Philadel- was buut in i716 ot the entrance i and saw who killed Aunt of your! T biundered’ along, | my ~|and put my foot in it™ ig that she thought she knew ‘rying to cover up on any advertent su; that it was Claire’s toes Eve had late by the electrified atmosphere of the room that I had—as Bessie would say — “opened mouth Teo be continued (Cotyright. 1979, Madara Preid Pertersen’ to Boston harbor. things up,” he added sar- |, do mind very much,” : THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1941) ——_—_—_———_—_—_—_—_— = (BUREAU REPORT Today Ip Uistory — 1777 — Washington’s army ‘Observation taken at 7:30 a. m.|marches on Princeton, N. J., to, 75th Mer. Time (city office) surprise the British, leaving their Temperatures campfires in Trenton burning to Highest last 24 hours 80 deceive the enemy. Lowest last night 69) ——— Mean 2 74, 1788—Georgia, the fourth State ;Normal - -..69 to ratify the new Constitution. 1 x ™ Precipitation a rial, 24 hours ending i » 0.00 7:30 a, mis ¥ = Total: ranifa! an. 1, DBs. . inehes \Deficiency since “Jan. j eneG ee | Total rainfall since Jan. 1, | inches : 2 |Deficiency since inches __. si - 0.10, Wind Direction and Velocity | NE—7 miles per hour Relative Humidity 86% | «Barometer at 7:30 a. m., today Sea level, 30.13 (1020.3 millibars) omens s ha 1918—Col. House’s confidential Sunrise 13 a. ™M. report recommends quick dispatch etna ™. of American soldiers to Europe. Mocnaet “11:26 p. m. and for allied unity of action. Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Base) AM. to aS. - 7:22.) FORECAST ~ (Till 7:30 p. m., Friday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday; 1935—Hauptmann»trial slightly warmer tonight; gentle at Flemington, N. J |to moderate southerly winds. et Florida: Partly cloudy = in|-— ~~~ pt gee ig south and mostly cloudy in north | Toda rg Birthdays portion tonight and Friday, fol- Jo > a jlowed by. showers in north POr-| prof Wiliam Lyon Phelps, tion tonight and Friday; slightly yaje’s famed teacher and public warmer tonight and slightly cool-| orator, born in New Haven, 76 er in extreme north portion Fri- years ago, | day. > i ‘Rai 1810—Napolean, at war with Britain, Orders seziute sof : American p&p 130 taken 0.00 in France, Spair. Naples and Hol- land, then under his sway. 0.10 1863—End of battle of Mur- 0.00 freesboro, Tenn., one of Civil 1, 5 s 0.10 War's bloodiest. Jan, 1900—Secretary of State John \Hay ansounces success of his |“Open-Door” policy keeping China from dissolution ‘after Boxer Rebellion. ‘ 1919—President Wilson greeted P.M. 1:52 TAL 01 ly. ‘High ney through Italy. ,Low ts gather in 1920—Federal « some thirty 2,000 Reds in raids \ cities, begins Frederick J. Fisher of Detroit, CONDITIONS: eldest of the noted brother body A strong high pressure area, terested this morning over the ‘northern Rockies, overspreads western districts and southeast- iward into central Texas, attend- ed by fair and colder weather with temperatures below zero in! portions of Montana. Pressure is/ RobertNathan of New York, jalso high over the Atlantic States; author, born there, 47 years ago. {while a trough of low pressure extends from a center over Wis- Prof, Roger Adams of the Uni- consin southward to the middle versity of Illinois, noted chemist, Gulf coast, causing general pre- porn in Boston, 52 years ago. cipitation in the Mississippi and ies: I a4 Ohio valleys, the Lake region, and! Dr, Herman G. James, Tennessee, with heavy rain Louisiana. Temperatures over!porn in Philadelphia, the eastern half of the country ago, are generaly near or above nor- | caine mal this morning. | William M. Jeffers, head of the G. S. KENNEDY, _ Union Pacific, born at No. Platte, Official in Charge. ahaa: 65 years ago. Today’s Epidemic of Anniversaries | Cold Symptoms 1715—Hugh Orr, East Brigewa- ter, Mass, maker-improver of edged tools, said to be the first Salve or 666 Nose Drops generally American to. make muskets, pa-|Telieves cold symptoms the first triotie manufacturer of arms and day.—Adv. cannon for the Revolutionary army, born in Scotland. Died Dec. | « 6, 1798. 63 years ago. James Melten of Westport, Conn., singer, born at Moultrie, Ga., 37 years ago. 54 years 666 Liquid or 666 Tablets with 666 1752—Philip M. Freneau, poet | and mariner, the “poet vo. the Revolution” whose pen satirized the British, a mariner whose! lyries of the sea stil live, author | of “The Indian Burying Ground”, | born in New York. Died Dec.! 19, 1832. j 1797—Eliakim Littell, noted editor-publisher of many reprint magazines read by all the educat- co of his day, born in Buflingtan, | N. J. Died in Brookline, Mass., \May 17, 1870. { Member of the 1830-——Henry M. Flagler, a poor | boy who became next to Rocke- ‘feller himself in the Standard Oil, Florida promoter, born at Hope- well, N. ¥. Died May 20, 1913. 1831—Justin Winsor, Boston | Public Library and Harvard's li- brarian, noted American historian, born in Boston. Died Oct. 22, 1897. | 1854—Alice M. Robertson, | aanahiew of a noted missionary. Muskogee, Okla, teacher to the Indians, social worker and con- gresswoman, born in Indian Ter- 'ritory. Died July-4, 1931. 15t_Prederick Burr Opper. | cartoonist, crear of “Happy Hooligan”. and, “Alphorise and Gaston”, born at Madison, Ohio. Died Aug. 27, 1937. | om | realizing too | | ee noone each j PATE BATH | Beautiful Cocktail Lounge i} DANCING NIGHTLY Casa Marina Orchestra PETER SCHUTT. Manager in China—| by chereing crowds on his jour-, makers, born at Sandusky, Ohio, ! 5 presi- | in dent of the University of Ohio,! ‘SQUARE DEAL | WITH STRIPES By MARGARET KERNODLE j You ean give your studio couch | a new square look when you make — | that next slip cover, | It's a tricky idea and easy to jexecute. You change the appear- jance by using a striped fabric for ithe cover. | You match stripes into dia- ‘mond-shaped squares on the top jof the cover, but make the stripes trun horizontally around the sides. Eight yards of 50-inch fabric ; will be enough material. The cost ‘will be about six dollars if you do ithe simple sewing at your ma- chine and make use of the attach- iments. Your local sewing center ‘ean show you shortcuts perhaps. For a four-by-six couch, cut four square pieces of equal size \to cover the top, allowing an inch on all sides for seams. In match- ing the pieces, allow the stripes of two squares to go one way, the others at right angles. Stitch these together half an inch from the edge with flst inside seams. For the skirt, cut two 50-by-22- inch pieces so that stripes are horizontal along the 22-inch sides. Then cut four pieces the same length but only 37 inches ‘wide Stitch two.of these into one strip. | 74 inches long and 22 inches wide ‘and the remaining two: pieces the! | same way. Now you can joit the four long and short strips and stitch them ‘with the cording foot attachment |into a box-like arrangement, The ‘skirt is joined to the top with a |corded edge. —e———— ‘Today’s Horoscope | | Today’s native is reserved and self-reliant, with sometimes a hard, grasping nature, astute and selfish, but subject to the soften- ing influence of love. The life- work will be along hidden lines, but with some authority, possibly idealing with diplomatic affairs. Muslin was first made in the | city of Mosul in Mesbpotomia. 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